Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 1, 2008, 2:59 AM EST for 15 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2008, 2:59 AM EST (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2008, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 696 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KFFC 010759 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 259 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-011300- /O.CAN.KFFC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0006.080201T0759Z-080201T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 259 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING OVER AREAS NORTH OF A SUMMERVILLE TO JASPER TO CLEVELAND LINE. HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 010900- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080201T1100Z/ FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK- PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE... MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON... DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON... NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON... SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN... AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 259 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...BUT SHOULD NOT CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 10:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 35 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.